We Asked a Rear Admiral What Makes America Great | ATB #38

Approach the Bench · Jul 2, 2026 · 1h 42m

WEEK 38: What Makes America Great — w/ Rear Admiral Putnam Browne

We recorded this one at the Iwo Jima Memorial in Washington, DC, in front of the flag-raising — because if you're going to ask whether America is actually great, you should have to answer it standing somewhere that raises the stakes.

And we brought backup. Rear Admiral Putnam Browne has done things only Americans can do: over 450 carrier landings, command of a fighter squadron, command of a ship, and command of a nuclear aircraft carrier with thousands of souls aboard. He's flown the jet, run the reactor school, and led the…